The encapsulated embryos of flowering plants. They are used as is or for animal feed because of the high content of concentrated nutrients like starches, proteins, and fats. Rapeseed, cottonseed, and sunflower seed are also produced for the oils (fats) they yield.
    

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Directions for bringing over seeds and plants, from the East Indies and other distant countries, in a state of vegetation: together with a catalogue of such foreign plants as are worthy of being encouraged in our American colonies, for the purposes of medicine, agriculture, and commerce. To which is added, the figure and botanical description of a new sensitive plant, called Dionoea muscipula: or, Venus's fly-trap / By John Ellis, F.R.S.

Chemical examination of kô-sam seeds (Brucea sumatrana, Roxb.) / by Frederick B. Power and Frederic H. Lees.

Beobachtungen über Samenbildung ohne Befruchtung am Bingelkraute (Mercurialis annua) / von F.X. Ramisch.

Free radical damage in stored plant germplasm / Erica E. Benson.

Intellectual property rights, trade, and biodiversity : seeds and plant varieties / Graham Dutfield.

Oslo Plenary Session : final consensus report : global initiative for the security and sustainable use of plant genetic resources / Keystone Center.

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Chemical examination of kô-sam seeds (Brucea sumatrana, Roxb.) / by Frederick B. Power and Frederic H. Lees.

Beobachtungen über Samenbildung ohne Befruchtung am Bingelkraute (Mercurialis annua) / von F.X. Ramisch.

Free radical damage in stored plant germplasm / Erica E. Benson.

Intellectual property rights, trade, and biodiversity : seeds and plant varieties / Graham Dutfield.

Oslo Plenary Session : final consensus report : global initiative for the security and sustainable use of plant genetic resources / Keystone Center.